An excerpt from an oral history interview with Mary Warner Mallison, conducted on 28 August 1976 by Ophelia Paine as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Tennessee Centennial Project. Mallison explains how the Centennial Club of Nashville got...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted on 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project: The Turner...

Pictured left to right: Nashville businessman Kermit Stengel with Bob Hope. This photo relates to when Bob Hope brought his revue of outstanding stage artists for two shows at the Ryman Auditorium on Sunday January 16th, 1949, with featured singer...

A scrapbook page related to the engagement announcement of Miss Kathryn Parrish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McMurray Parrish, to James Collins Thurman (Mr. and Mrs. James Collins Thurman, Jr.). The Parrish-Thurman announcement was published...

Pictured: Bob Hope, Doris Day and troupe met by fans and officials at the Nashville airport. This photo relates to when Bob Hope brought his revue of outstanding stage artists for two shows at the Ryman Auditorium on Sunday January 16th, 1949,...

Schoolchildren participating in May Day events at Eakin Elementary School on May 9th, 1941. Eakin Elementary School, located at 2400 Fairfax Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, was completed as a new two-story structure in 1936. Its student body,...

Pictured: Entertainer Bob Hope debarking his plane at Nashville airport. This photo relates to when Bob Hope brought his revue of outstanding stage artists for two shows at the Ryman Auditorium on Sunday January 16th, 1949, with featured singer...

Schoolchildren participating in May Day events at Eakin Elementary School on May 9th, 1941. Eakin Elementary School, located at 2400 Fairfax Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, was completed as a new two-story structure in 1936. Its student body,...

Pictured left to right: Entertainer Bob Hope with Nashville businessman Kermit Stengel. This photo relates to when Bob Hope brought his revue of outstanding stage artists for two shows at the Ryman Auditorium on Sunday January 16th, 1949, with...

Schoolchildren participating in May Day events at Eakin Elementary School on May 9th, 1941. Eakin Elementary School, located at 2400 Fairfax Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, was completed as a new two-story structure in 1936. Its student body,...

Schoolchildren participating in May Day events at Eakin Elementary School on May 9th, 1941. Eakin Elementary School, located at 2400 Fairfax Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, was completed as a new two-story structure in 1936. Its student body,...